{"product_id":"the-magic-island-9780486799629","title":"The Magic Island","description":"\"The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read ... [an] immensely important book.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Evening Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A series of excellent stories about one of the most interesting corners of the American world, told by a keen and sensitive person who knows how to write.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"It can be said of many travelers that they have traveled widely. Of Mr. Seabrook a much finer thing may be said -- he has traveled deeply.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis fascinating book, first published in 1929, offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. Journalist and adventurer William Seabrook introduced the concept of the walking dead ― zombies ― to the West with his illustrated travelogue. He relates his experiences with the voodoo priestess who initiated him into the religion's rituals, from soul transference to resurrection. In addition to twenty evocative line drawings by Alexander King, this edition features a new Foreword by cartoonist and graphic novelist Joe Ollmann, a new Introduction by George A. Romero, legendary director of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and a new Afterword by Wade Davis, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist and explorer William Seabrook (1884-1945) possessed a fascination with the occult that led him across the globe to study magic rituals, train as a witch doctor, and sample human flesh. In addition to publishing more than a dozen books, he wrote for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669054263570,"sku":"9780486799629","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3cf2cfa0-9c2c-4919-b7c7-ce4cb78de0b1.jpg?v=1733755055","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-magic-island-9780486799629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}